Social Work Meetup: What Do We Need? What Do We Have?

This meetup will broadly talk about what needs (resources, types of support, training, emotional bandwidth, etc.) we have in the work we are doing, and also discuss resources, strategies, supports, and ideas we have at our disposal. It is a […]

School Justice Project Social Worker

Position Description: The Social Worker will primarily work with SJP’s clients, both during incarceration and throughout reentry, to assist them with navigating benefits and services in DC. The Social Worker will also work with SJP’s special education attorneys to assist […]

Public Defender Psychiatric Social Worker I/II/III/IV – Fixed Term

Examples Of DutiesDuties may include but are not limited to the following: Psychiatric Social Worker I Performs assessments of Public Defender clients’ social and psychological needs, psycho-education case management for clients and their families in collaboration with members of the […]

SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER FOR THE SIMPLE POSSESSION ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION PROGRAM (SPAR)

Expected Contract Period: This contract is anticipated to start March 1, 2025. This contract’s current budget extends through June 30, 2025. Contracts may be renewed started July 1, 2025, if funding is renewed. Application Due Date: This posting will remain open […]

Managing Director of Holistic Defense

The Santa Cruz County Public Defender’s Office is hiring a Managing Director for its Holistic Defense Division, which focuses on providing comprehensive legal and social support to clients. This position involves leading the division’s efforts across four key areas: access […]

Investigator Supervisor Meetup: Open chat

HI Supervisors, A discussion of what things are on the horizon for your offices.  What challenges do you foresee. what new tools have been of use and where do you want to concentrate your efforts for your staff?    

Social Work Meetup: Talking about Deportations

This meetup will focus on talking to our clients about the mass deportations as they risk impacting our clients and their families. We will also discuss and work to better understand the impact of these deportations on those affected. We […]

February 2025 DEIJ and Racial Justice Meetup Mashup:Confronting Race Advocacy and Healing in the Shadow of Systemic Bias (Black History Month Edition)

Join the February 2025 DEIJ and Racial Justice Meetup Mashup for BLACK HISTORY MONTH! NAPD’s Executive Director, Lori James, MSW, will give her highly anticipated presentation – CONFRONTING RACE: ADVOCACY AND HEALING IN THE SHADOW OF SYSTEMIC BIAS ©. Through […]

Social Work Meetup: Incorporating Immigration Stories into Mitigation

Crimmigration is the intersection of criminal and immigration law, but it is also an opportunity to develop and tell the immigration story through mitigation. Immigration stories can be rich with hope and heavy with trauma and in this week’s meetup […]

Social Worker Supervisor Discussion

This discussion is for supervisors of social workers, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, sentencing advocates, and social work interns. It offers an opportunity to talk with other supervisors about how to coach, evaluate, and manage the work in defense based offices. […]